Melting! Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies

Greetings, Effurryone!

Caspurr here! It's My Turn to lead My Fellow J-Cats on this weekend's blog hops - the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful Athena and her HuMum, Marie, and the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by the Deliciously and Predictably Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet.

Before I do that, Trixie asked Me to remind you that this coming Thursday, August 17th, is Black Cat Appreciation Day. That being the case, We shall be having yet another one of Our Famous Picnic Pawties up in the Enchanted Forest on Thursday afternoon at 5 pm Israel Time, to which all Our Furriends are invited. The great thing about the Enchanted Forest is that it's slightly cooler up there than in the rest of the country, because of being - well, Enchanted, and all that.

Dearest Anipals, it reached 40 degrees Celsius today in Jerusalem, with a Real Feel of 42 degrees!!! That's 104 Fahrenheit with a Real Feel of 107.6! We are also promised thunderstorms after midnight!

According to the Weather app in Mummy's Flashy Box Phone, it has now dropped to a "mere" 37 degrees Celsius. She put out extra bowls of water for the street kitties, of course - but what will become of the poor babies if this weather continues?
We have Our Own Methods of cooling down, of course - and Mummy discovered this really cool hack (pun intended) for use in the Study, which has neither Air Conditioning, nor a ceiling fan. If you put a big bottle of water in the freezer, so that the water turns to ice, and then put it in front of the table fan, it really cools down the air. Of course, it also helps that the Study faces north, while most of the other rooms face south!

Anyway, as you will see, the Weather has had a Big Influence on Our Art this week. Furrst of all, here is My Selfie:

We thought you would all appreciate another look at My Tummy. You do, don't you? Go ahead - admit it (mol)!

Now, in deference to the Extreme Heat, the furrst artification uses LunaPic's Flames filter, at 90%:

Don't worry! I wasn't really on fire!

The next artification purr-sonified Our Desire for a respite from the heat, using the Splash filter at 85%, with an overlay of Cold Rain at 70%:

Last, but not least, We went completely overboard, using the Waves filter at 75%, plus the Reflecting Water animation - but without the animation (mol):

We were going to leave the animation in, but it made for a furry large file and when Mummy tried to resize it, the animation disappeared. But We think it still makes for a furry pretty picture and enables you to imagine me dozing by a pool of cool, clear water.  Don't I wish...

Next, here are the blog hop badges:

        

Well, that's all for today. See you at the picnic on Thursday, We hope - and if you can't make it, We're sure to find another reason to pawty in the near future and in any case, We'll see you next week.

Be well. Be safe. We love you all.